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At this level of dysfunction, installing git won't do anything. You need a holistic change in thinking which starts with convincing people there's a problem.
by The_Colonel 2y ago
At this level of dysfunction, installing git won't do anything. You need a holistic change in thinking which starts with convincing people there's a problem.
- parpfish 2y agoYeah, this level of dysfunction takes years to cultivate. You need the “Dead Sea effect” to be in effect long enough that not only have the good people left, but for them to have been gone long enough that people rising into management have never even worked with somebody competent so they don’t know there’s a better way
- HdS84 2y agoI am occasionally on firefighting projects for customers. It's super hard to get out of this mess. The code base has gone to shit, customers are often passed enough that they want functioning code NOW, the reaming developers are bottom of the barrel, management is either cause of the problems or has now clue. Getting out of that is difficult especially if management doesn't understand it has to change first.
- mlhpdx 2y agoYears, and a special kind of myopia in leadership to not see the seeds sprouting. It doesn’t happen quickly, but once established is very, very expensive to fix.
- lutoma 2y agoOh man that description immediately made me think of a government IT job a friend used to work in
- lloydatkinson 2y agoI’ve yet to see people actually change their mind at this level. Firing is often the only way.